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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Catchphrase concerning a cliffhanger in the soap opera <i>Dallas</i>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg/300px-Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg/450px-Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg/600px-Who_Shot_JR%3F_display.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>"Who shot J.R.?" display at the <a href="/wiki/Southfork_Ranch" title="Southfork Ranch">Southfork Ranch</a> in <a href="/wiki/Parker,_Texas" title="Parker, Texas">Parker, Texas</a>, including the prop gun used in filming</figcaption></figure> <p>"<b>Who shot J.R.?</b>" is an advertising catchphrase created in 1980 by American network <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> to promote the television <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It referred to the fictional mystery surrounding a murder attempt against arch-villain <a href="/wiki/J._R._Ewing" title="J. R. Ewing">J.R. Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larry_Hagman" title="Larry Hagman">Larry Hagman</a>) in the show's third-season finale "<a href="/wiki/A_House_Divided_(Dallas)" title="A House Divided (Dallas)">A House Divided</a>". The mystery and its catchphrase became an American phenomenon, with American, Canadian and Western European odds-makers setting odds for the culprit. The mystery was not resolved until the fourth episode of the fourth season titled "<a href="/wiki/Who_Done_It_(Dallas)" title="Who Done It (Dallas)">Who Done It</a>" which aired eight months later, with an estimated 83 million American viewers tuning in, one of <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts_in_the_United_States" title="List of most watched television broadcasts in the United States">the most watched television broadcasts in history</a>. The catchphrase has a strong legacy in <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">pop culture</a> and the format helped popularize the cliffhanger ending for television series.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the final scene of <a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_3" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 3">season 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._R._Ewing" title="J. R. Ewing">J.R. Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larry_Hagman" title="Larry Hagman">Larry Hagman</a>) hears a noise outside his office, walks out to the corridor to look, and is shot twice by an unseen assailant. The episode, titled "<a href="/wiki/A_House_Divided_(Dallas)" title="A House Divided (Dallas)">A House Divided</a>", was broadcast on March 21, 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was written by Rena Down and directed by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Katzman" title="Leonard Katzman">Leonard Katzman</a>. Viewers had to wait all summer to learn whether J.R. would survive, and which of his many enemies was responsible.<sup id="cite_ref-Uc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>J.R. Ewing was a villain on the series who regularly double-crossed business associates, who plotted against his own family, and who called his wife <a href="/wiki/Sue_Ellen_Ewing" title="Sue Ellen Ewing">Sue Ellen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linda_Gray" title="Linda Gray">Linda Gray</a>) a "<a href="/wiki/Slut" title="Slut">slut</a>" and had her committed to a sanatorium so he could take custody of their infant son <a href="/wiki/John_Ross_Ewing_III" title="John Ross Ewing III">John Ross</a>. Almost all of the other characters on the show were potential suspects.<sup id="cite_ref-macleans_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macleans-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ultimately, in the "<a href="/wiki/Who_Done_It_(Dallas)" title="Who Done It (Dallas)">Who Done It?</a>" episode which aired on November 21, 1980, the person who pulled the trigger was revealed to be <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Shepard" title="Kristin Shepard">Kristin Shepard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mary_Crosby" title="Mary Crosby">Mary Crosby</a>). Kristin was J.R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress who shot him in a fit of anger. J.R. did not press charges, as Kristin claimed she was pregnant with his child as a result of their affair.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs2010_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hagman had begun <i>Dallas</i> as a secondary character, but by 1980 he was the star.<sup id="cite_ref-Uc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Advised by friend <a href="/wiki/Carroll_O%27Connor" title="Carroll O'Connor">Carroll O'Connor</a> that the shooting had made him very valuable, Hagman demanded a raise. While negotiating with the actor, CBS prepared to replace him by having J.R. receive facial reconstructive surgery (despite having received the bullet in his stomach).<sup id="cite_ref-marshall201810_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marshall201810-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production for the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_4" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4">1980–81 season</a> began in June 1980 without Hagman. He returned to work ten days later with a new contract that paid him $100,000 per episode and royalties from J.R. Ewing merchandise. Viewers had to wait an additional two months to find out the answer to the famous question, however, as a <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a> began in July that delayed the production of most new network shows by eight weeks. During the delay, CBS showed reruns of early <i>Dallas</i> episodes featuring J.R. Ewing, helping the show's many new fans better understand his character.<sup id="cite_ref-Uc_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marketing_and_reception">Marketing and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marketing and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>T-shirts printed with such references as "Who Shot J.R.?" and "I Shot J.R." became common over the summer. Several media outlets held "Who shot J.R.?" contests.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The media hype over the series was unprecedented and a global phenomenon.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Barron_Knights" title="The Barron Knights">The Barron Knights</a> used the melody and background music of the <a href="/wiki/Gary_Numan" title="Gary Numan">Gary Numan</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Cars_(song)" title="Cars (song)">Cars</a>" in "We Know Who Done It", their 1980 parody and spoof of 'Who shot J.R.?'. The episode also inspired a novelty record by radio personality <a href="/wiki/Gary_Burbank" title="Gary Burbank">Gary Burbank</a> which reached No. 67 on the US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 in July 1980. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980 United States presidential election</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> distributed <a href="/wiki/Campaign_button" title="Campaign button">campaign buttons</a> that claimed "A <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> shot J.R.",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Democratic incumbent <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> joked that he would have no problem financing his campaign if he knew who shot J.R. Former president <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> unsuccessfully asked producer <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Katzman" title="Leonard Katzman">Leonard Katzman</a> who the shooter was.<sup id="cite_ref-marshall201810_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marshall201810-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Hagman attended <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ascot" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Ascot">Royal Ascot</a> while on vacation in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>—at which the crowds chanted "J.R.! J.R.!" when he arrived<sup id="cite_ref-hurt201206_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hurt201206-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—<a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother</a> enquiried about the identity of the shooter, to which Hagman replied "I wouldn't say, not even to you, Your Majesty".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the British press offered Hagman £100,000 to reveal the shooter, he admitted that neither he nor any other member of the cast knew the answer.<sup id="cite_ref-corliss19800811_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corliss19800811-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Betting parlors throughout the United States, Canada and Western Europe established odds and took bets as to which character had actually pulled the trigger.<sup id="cite_ref-corliss19800811_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corliss19800811-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suspects">Suspects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Suspects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Every actor and crew member—even Hagman himself—was filmed shooting J.R. to keep secret the identity of the actual shooter.<sup id="cite_ref-marshall201810_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marshall201810-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> International bookmakers created a set of odds for the possible culprits:<sup id="cite_ref-PYBOWSJE_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PYBOWSJE-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DTMSJ_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DTMSJ-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>J.R.'s beleaguered wife <a href="/wiki/Sue_Ellen_Ewing" title="Sue Ellen Ewing">Sue Ellen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linda_Gray" title="Linda Gray">Linda Gray</a>), who had spent most of her marriage competing with J.R.'s infidelities and her own increasing alcoholism, was originally ranked as an outsider at 25-to-1; however, after her fingerprints were discovered on the gun, her odds were slashed to 3-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters#Dusty_Farlow" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Dusty Farlow</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jared_Martin" title="Jared Martin">Jared Martin</a>), Sue Ellen's former lover, was the original 6-to-4 favorite, despite the character's disappearance and presumed death in a plane crash.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters#Vaughn_Leland" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Vaughn Leland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dennis_Patrick" title="Dennis Patrick">Dennis Patrick</a>), a prominent Dallas banker J.R. had swindled in a business deal, at 4-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Shepard" title="Kristin Shepard">Kristin Shepard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mary_Crosby" title="Mary Crosby">Mary Crosby</a>), J.R.'s sister-in-law, mistress and alleged mother of his child, also at 4-to-1, which was later lowered to 3-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Ewing" title="Bobby Ewing">Bobby Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Duffy" title="Patrick Duffy">Patrick Duffy</a>), J.R.'s younger brother, with whom he often butted heads over their professional and personal lives, was placed at 5-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Ewing" title="Lucy Ewing">Lucy Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlene_Tilton" title="Charlene Tilton">Charlene Tilton</a>), J.R.'s niece, who blamed him for her parents' exile from the family and the collapse of her recent engagement to Alan Beam, at 8-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_Ewing" title="Jock Ewing">Jock Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Davis_(actor)" title="Jim Davis (actor)">Jim Davis</a>), J.R.'s father and founder of Ewing Oil, who disliked J.R.'s maverick and reckless approach to conducting business, at 12-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters#Alan_Beam" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Alan Beam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Randolph_Powell" title="Randolph Powell">Randolph Powell</a>), a political fixer and former fiancé of Lucy's whom J.R. had run out of town, also at 12-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters#Dr._Simon_Ellby" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Dr. Simon Ellby</a> (Jeff Cooper), Sue Ellen's psychiatrist, stood at 16-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters#Marilee_Stone" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Marilee Stone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fern_Fitzgerald" title="Fern Fitzgerald">Fern Fitzgerald</a>), a woman widowed when her husband committed suicide after J.R. swindled him in a bad investment, also at 16-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Barnes" title="Cliff Barnes">Cliff Barnes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ken_Kercheval" title="Ken Kercheval">Ken Kercheval</a>), longtime Ewing family rival whom J.R. took particular pleasure in humiliating, was placed at 20-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Ewing" title="Pam Ewing">Pamela Barnes Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Victoria_Principal" title="Victoria Principal">Victoria Principal</a>), Bobby's wife and Cliff's sister whom J.R. had openly hated since her arrival at Southfork, also at 20-to-1.</li> <li>J.R. himself stood at 20-to-1: given the character's reputation, it was not impossible he staged the shooting himself. His odds were later lowered to 15-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters#Jordan_Lee" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Jordan Lee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Don_Starr" title="Don Starr">Don Starr</a>), another businessman swindled by J.R., ranked at 25-to-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Ellie_Ewing" title="Miss Ellie Ewing">Miss Ellie Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bel_Geddes" title="Barbara Bel Geddes">Barbara Bel Geddes</a>), J.R.'s patient and long-suffering mother, was deemed most unlikely to have committed the act and remained at 25-to-1 odds throughout.</li></ul> <p>The only characters never considered suspects were Lucy's parents, middle Ewing brother <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ewing" title="Gary Ewing">Gary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ted_Shackelford" title="Ted Shackelford">Ted Shackelford</a>) and his wife <a href="/wiki/Valene_Ewing" title="Valene Ewing">Valene</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joan_Van_Ark" title="Joan Van Ark">Joan Van Ark</a>), who were featuring prominently in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>-based spin-off series <i><a href="/wiki/Knots_Landing" title="Knots Landing">Knots Landing</a></i> at the time of J.R.'s shooting, making it impossible for either to be responsible. Similarly, ranch-hand <a href="/wiki/Ray_Krebbs" title="Ray Krebbs">Ray Krebbs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Steve_Kanaly" title="Steve Kanaly">Steve Kanaly</a>) had no established motive for the shooting, and was not considered a suspect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Real-life_suspects">Real-life suspects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Real-life suspects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oddsmakers in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> jokingly placed <a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Tom Landry</a>, the then-coach of the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> football team, at 500-to-1 odds. Similarly, former Cowboys quarterback <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a> was placed at 1000-to-1 odds.<sup id="cite_ref-DTMSJ_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DTMSJ-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">disc jockey</a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a>, who famously referred to Lucy Ewing as "the poison dwarf", was placed at 1000-to-1 odds by British bookmakers.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wogan was also put forward as a suspect in the "We Know Who Done It" novelty song, as were several other well-known personalities, including <a href="/wiki/Hulk" title="Hulk">The Incredible Hulk</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lone_Ranger" title="Lone Ranger">Lone Ranger</a>, television host <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons" title="Nicholas Parsons">Nicholas Parsons</a>, poetry character <a href="/wiki/Hissing_Sid" class="mw-redirect" title="Hissing Sid">Hissing Sid</a> and octogenarian <i><a href="/wiki/Coronation_Street" title="Coronation Street">Coronation Street</a></i> character <a href="/wiki/Albert_Tatlock" title="Albert Tatlock">Albert Tatlock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jack_Howarth_(actor)" title="Jack Howarth (actor)">Jack Howarth</a>). Burbank's song also suggested sportscaster <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a>, presidential candidates <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_B._Anderson" title="John B. Anderson">John B. Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s then-President <a href="/wiki/Fred_Silverman" title="Fred Silverman">Fred Silverman</a>, J.R.'s infant son <a href="/wiki/John_Ross_Ewing" class="mw-redirect" title="John Ross Ewing">John Ross</a> and even <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a> as possible culprits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Who_shot_J.R.?"><span id="Who_shot_J.R..3F"></span>Who shot J.R.?</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Who shot J.R.?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Who Done It?" was, at the time, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most watched television broadcasts">highest-rated television episode</a> in U.S. history. It had a <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_rating" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen rating">Nielsen rating</a> of 53.3 and a 76% share, and it was estimated that 83 million people watched the episode,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more than the number of voters in that year's presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-hurt201206_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hurt201206-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The previous record for a TV episode had been the 1967 finale for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Fugitive (1963 TV series)">The Fugitive</a></i>. "Who Done It?" now sits second on the list, beaten in 1983 by <a href="/wiki/Goodbye,_Farewell_and_Amen" title="Goodbye, Farewell and Amen">the final episode</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)" title="M*A*S*H (TV series)">M*A*S*H</a></i>. In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Tucker" title="Ken Tucker">Ken Tucker</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> named "A House Divided" number one of the seven most "Unforgettable Cliff-Hangers" of prime time dramatic television.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The episode was an international event, with more than 350 million people tuning in to find out who shot J.R. A session of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey" title="Grand National Assembly of Turkey">Turkish parliament</a> was suspended to allow legislators a chance to get home in time to view the conclusion of the cliffhanger.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Who_shot_J.R.%3F&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The great success of this 1980 stunt helped popularize in the United States the practice of ending a television season with a <a href="/wiki/Cliffhanger" title="Cliffhanger">cliffhanger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the episode is credited with helping <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, which began airing in June 1980, to get off the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-Uc_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of the cliffhanger helped <i>Dallas</i> become the most watched show in its fourth season and for the next five years be either the number-1 or number-2 most watched TV show in America. </p><p>The "Who shot J.R.?" storyline was spoofed in the February 21, 1981 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>, which was guest-hosted by <i>Dallas</i> star <a href="/wiki/Charlene_Tilton" title="Charlene Tilton">Charlene Tilton</a>. The episode, sometimes referred to as "Who Shot C.R.?", provided several cast members with various motivations to hate co-star <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rocket" title="Charles Rocket">Charles Rocket</a>, who is shot in the episode. At the end of the episode, Rocket made the notorious ad-libbed comment "I'd like to know who the fuck did it", for which he was subsequently fired.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was spoofed in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jeffersons" title="The Jeffersons">The Jeffersons</a></i> ("As Florence Turns"), when Florence writes a soap opera based on characteristics of <i>The Jeffersons</i> characters.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1990, the first season of <i><a href="/wiki/Twin_Peaks" title="Twin Peaks">Twin Peaks</a></i> ended with numerous cliffhangers, the main one being <a href="/wiki/Kyle_MacLachlan" title="Kyle MacLachlan">Kyle MacLachlan</a>'s character, <a href="/wiki/Dale_Cooper" title="Dale Cooper">Agent Dale Cooper</a>, being shot by an unknown assailant in a clear tribute to the earlier soap.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The storyline wouldn't be resolved until more than halfway through the second season. "Who shot J.R.?" was later spoofed in a 1995 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> episode entitled "<a href="/wiki/Who_Shot_Mr._Burns%3F" title="Who Shot Mr. Burns?">Who Shot Mr. Burns?</a>" which similarly provided many characters with motivation to kill <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>, and similarly ended on a cliffhanger. In the second part, it was revealed that <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie Simpson</a> had accidentally shot Mr. Burns in a struggle over a lollipop. <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a> wears a shirt with the phrase "I shot J.R." written on it in the 1991 episode "<a href="/wiki/I_Married_Marge" title="I Married Marge">I Married Marge</a>". In March and April 2001, British soap <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i> ran a storyline of the same <a href="/wiki/Film_treatment" title="Film treatment">treatment</a> as the "Who shot J.R.?" storyline entitled "<a href="/wiki/Who_Shot_Phil_Mitchell%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Who Shot Phil Mitchell?">Who Shot Phil?</a>". </p><p>In Larry Hagman's final episode of the 2012 sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(2012_TV_series)" title="Dallas (2012 TV series)">Dallas</a></i>, which aired on March 4, 2013, J.R. was shot again, this time fatally. In the 2013 season 2 finale, it was revealed that J.R. asked <a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Bum%22_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve "Bum" Jones">Steve "Bum" Jones</a> to shoot him so his "masterpiece" could play out, framing Cliff Barnes for his murder.<sup id="cite_ref-Masterpiece_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterpiece-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main reason he had himself killed was because doctors told J.R. that he had only days to live; he was dying from cancer (as was actor <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hagman" title="Larry Hagman">Larry Hagman</a> in real life).<sup id="cite_ref-Masterpiece_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterpiece-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his letter to Bobby he reveals all of this and that he wanted to die helping his family end the Ewing–Barnes feud once and for all. As J.R.'s son <a href="/wiki/John_Ross_Ewing_III" title="John Ross Ewing III">John Ross</a> said "The only person that could take down J.R.—was J.R."<sup id="cite_ref-Masterpiece_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterpiece-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Jane_the_Virgin_episodes#ep81" title="List of Jane the Virgin episodes">season 4 finale</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Jane_the_Virgin" title="Jane the Virgin">Jane the Virgin</a></i>, Jane "J.R." Ramos (<a href="/wiki/Rosario_Dawson" title="Rosario Dawson">Rosario Dawson</a>) shot a mystery person before "#JRShotWho?" appeared on the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character of Tom from the Irish television comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/Father_Ted" title="Father Ted">Father Ted</a></i> is often pictured wearing an "I shot J.R." T-shirt.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Friedman" title="Thomas Friedman">Thomas Friedman</a>'s book <i><a href="/wiki/From_Beirut_to_Jerusalem" title="From Beirut to Jerusalem">From Beirut to Jerusalem</a></i>, he describes an incident in 1983 when journalist David Zucchino, who thinks he is in trouble after being driven through a checkpoint, upon confirming he is from Dallas, is asked by a Druze militiaman in Beirut "who shot JR?".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, Israel's prime minister <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a> asked <i>Dallas</i> producer who visited Israel to tell him who shot J.R.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a></i> webtoon <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERfPA8HJ9jo">Bug in Mouth Disease</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> catches up on the in-universe soap opera <i>Caleb Rentpayer</i>, which teases the mystery "Who Shot Caleb Rentpayer?" 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TV series)">Revival series</a></b> (2012–2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_characters" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_cast_members" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) cast members">Original series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Adams" title="Liz Adams">Liz Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Barnes" title="Cliff Barnes">Cliff Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Ewing" title="Pam Ewing">Pam Ewing</a></li> <li><a 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R. Ewing">J. R. 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Rebecca_Barnes" title="Pamela Rebecca Barnes">Pamela Rebecca Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Ewing_(Dallas)" title="Ann Ewing (Dallas)">Ann Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ewing" title="Christopher Ewing">Christopher Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_Ewing_III" title="John Ross Ewing III">John Ross Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elena_Ramos" title="Elena Ramos">Elena Ramos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_Ryland" title="Harris Ryland">Harris Ryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Trevi%C3%B1o" title="Nicolas Treviño">Nicolas Treviño</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supporting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willard_%22Digger%22_Barnes" title="Willard "Digger" 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_episodes" title="List of Dallas (1978 TV series) episodes">Original series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_1" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_2" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_3" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_4" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_5" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_6" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_7" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_8" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_9" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_10" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_11" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_12" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_13" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_14" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 14">14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major episodes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/A_House_Divided_(Dallas)" title="A House Divided (Dallas)">A House Divided</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Done_It_(Dallas)" title="Who Done It (Dallas)">Who Done It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Conundrum_(Dallas)" title="Conundrum (Dallas)">Conundrum</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV movies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dallas:_The_Early_Years" title="Dallas: The Early 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